CWEL, the Centre for Wetlands, Environment and Livelihoods, at the University of Huddersfield, has been involved in natural resource management issues in Africa for more than 20 years. It has developed and managed an innovative research project funded by the European Commission assessing the “Sustainable Wetland Management in South-west Ethiopia”. From this work there has been developed the Ethio Wetlands and Natural Resources Association, an indigenous NGO. CWEL has expertise in indigenous knowledge and institutions, hydrology, policy analysis and gender issues, and has experience of working in Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda, Namibia and Sierra Leone, as well as Ethiopia.

http://wetlands.hud.ac.uk

Inter-Actie works with a network of NGO links in Southern Africa. Inter-Actie co-operates with partner NGOs to support their efforts and to enhance their capacities. Its aim is to promote sustainable and sound development of people living in rural and semi-urban areas. It provides technical support in the implementation and monitoring of projects.

http://www.inter-actie.org

Capricorn Projekt BV is a consulting company where the experts themselves own the business. These owners are a limited number of recognized high quality professional and technical specialists in a variety of fields. The specialists originate from the core senior staff of the consulting company RDP; they have opted to continue the pursuit of high quality output rather than exclusively emphasising commercialization of the consultancy market. Capricorn stands for integrated approaches in its various specialist fields. These include livestock and food, natural resource management, wetlands, local governance and empowerment, education and research. Capricorn explicitly recognises the need for social, economical, ecological and gender sensitivity in development policies and projects. Capricorn strongly supports the development of local capacity both in its project implementation and also in addressing development issues in the field.